GOLD!

[Narthoniel]

Hello,

On Friday, I asked my wife to run some errands for me, one of them picking up boxes of pennies. I asked for 4, and she picked up 6 instead! Good girl . Took some days, but I searched them and found a few goodies.

Box 1: 6 wheats
Box 2: 4 wheats
Box 3: 13 wheats
Box 4: 14 wheats
Box 5: 6 wheats
Box 6: 22 wheats

Mixed in were a few goodies. I did some error searching as well, and the following showed up:
1951 Canuck
1999 Mexico 20 cents
2 possible 1972 double die
1960d small date

All in all, a bit weak on the wheats, but not a total bust either. Hopefully I can do better on future boxes, but, Ill take what I am given . Today while dumping nearly $200 in pennies, I filled the machine. When the attendant came to change the bags, I asked if I could have the contents of the reject cup inside the machine. He handed it to me, and I dumped it into a jar lid. Immediately I noticed 3 oddities: 2 half dollars, a good lookin foreign coin, and a ring. Ended up with 2 halves, 2 quarters, 3 or 4 dimes, a few pennies, and 1 Euro. The ring turns out to be 4.2 grams of 14k gold!! Hell yeah baby, easier than metal detecting! I have read of several nice scores from the machines, and I am stoked to make one myself. If it were not for you folks, I never would have found this hobby, and subsequently so much silver and this ring. Thank you all for sharing!

Happy Hunting,
Anthony

 

[TxTim]

Congrats!

 

[cmhoose]

Lucky for you!

Unlucky for the schmuck who lost it. That looks like a wedding ring. Prolly someone sleeping in the dog house tonight.

At least there wasn't a finger in it. I am one of those idiots that always goes "fishin" down in the machine for things I see down in there. I always think that the machine will kick on and lop off a couple digits.

Nice find!

cmhoose

 

[Narthoniel]

Lucky for you!

Unlucky for the schmuck who lost it. That looks like a wedding ring. Prolly someone sleeping in the dog house tonight.

At least there wasn't a finger in it. I am one of those idiots that always goes "fishin" down in the machine for things I see down in there. I always think that the machine will kick on and lop off a couple digits.

Nice find!

cmhoose

It is a wedding band indeed, as there is a name inscribed. I have placed an ad on Craig's to see if someone can identify it. Plan to return to the bank and ask if anyone reported a lost ring. If I can, Ill return it, as it is priceless to someone, and only $71 in metal content to me. If I can't find it, it will not be the first wedding band I have condemned to be smelted.

And on the note of body parts in there too - I did find someones tooth! Maybe he got ahead of himself and put it in his little coin jar instead of under his pillow. It was a tiny front tooth, must have been a child's. Creepy, gross, and awesome to find all at the same time.

 

[jim4silver]

That is an awesome find. The ring is probably not from a currently married person. I dont see how it could just fall off into the machine. Probably got thrown into the coin jar and forgotten about before being brought into the bank. The machines I use dont have trash bins. They just reject what they dont take. The bank people told me there is a magnet to catch stuff too. The couple of times I asked them to check it there was never anything attached. I guess any coin that sticks to the magnet will not be gold or silver anyway.

Jim

 

[Narthoniel]

That is an awesome find. The ring is probably not from a currently married person. I dont see how it could just fall off into the machine. Probably got thrown into the coin jar and forgotten about before being brought into the bank. The machines I use dont have trash bins. They just reject what they dont take. The bank people told me there is a magnet to catch stuff too. The couple of times I asked them to check it there was never anything attached. I guess any coin that sticks to the magnet will not be gold or silver anyway.

Jim

I take it you dont have a loose wedding band. I do, and can understand it. My ring has been through a wood chipper, dropped in wet leaves in the rain at night, and been down a storm drain. All this in my first year of marriage too. I can picture shovelling coins in, and having them pull a loose ring off. As for the cup holding magnet finds, I doubt it. I pulled an earplug and a tooth out as well. Definatly not magnetic!

 

[kbinski]

I too have found a tooth , a little front tooth in a bucket of change!!!

 

[treasurefiend]

LOL - Luck was on your side!!!!

 

[golden silver]

That is awesome Anthony. It is not every day that you find gold doing this hobbie. I too have found a ring at the coin machine. Good Deal.

-Golden Silver

 

[Darth Walker]

Elvish Gold

 

[jim4silver]

That is an awesome find. The ring is probably not from a currently married person. I dont see how it could just fall off into the machine. Probably got thrown into the coin jar and forgotten about before being brought into the bank. The machines I use dont have trash bins. They just reject what they dont take. The bank people told me there is a magnet to catch stuff too. The couple of times I asked them to check it there was never anything attached. I guess any coin that sticks to the magnet will not be gold or silver anyway.

Jim

I take it you dont have a loose wedding band. I do, and can understand it. My ring has been through a wood chipper, dropped in wet leaves in the rain at night, and been down a storm drain. All this in my first year of marriage too. I can picture shovelling coins in, and having them pull a loose ring off. As for the cup holding magnet finds, I doubt it. I pulled an earplug and a tooth out as well. Definatly not magnetic!

Anthony,

Actually I have never been married so I don't have a wedding band. I saw too much in divorce court to want to go that route. However, now that I am a bit older I may decide to settle down with my current GF. She is a bit younger than me and I always said I was going to have my second wife as my first.

Gotta find a way to keep the PMs as separate property if we get hitched, in case things go south. LOL!

Jim

 

[BeerBelly]

Make sure you put the tooth under your pillow tonight!

 

[markmopar]

Neat find. Good luck finding the owner.
I've found two gold and one sterling silver ring in machines.

 

[fistfulladirt]

That is an awesome find. The ring is probably not from a currently married person. I dont see how it could just fall off into the machine. Probably got thrown into the coin jar and forgotten about before being brought into the bank. The machines I use dont have trash bins. They just reject what they dont take. The bank people told me there is a magnet to catch stuff too. The couple of times I asked them to check it there was never anything attached. I guess any coin that sticks to the magnet will not be gold or silver anyway.

Jim

I take it you dont have a loose wedding band. I do, and can understand it. My ring has been through a wood chipper, dropped in wet leaves in the rain at night, and been down a storm drain. All this in my first year of marriage too. I can picture shovelling coins in, and having them pull a loose ring off. As for the cup holding magnet finds, I doubt it. I pulled an earplug and a tooth out as well. Definatly not magnetic!

Anthony,

Actually I have never been married so I don't have a wedding band. I saw too much in divorce court to want to go that route. However, now that I am a bit older I may decide to settle down with my current GF. She is a bit younger than me and I always said I was going to have my second wife as my first.

Gotta find a way to keep the PMs as separate property if we get hitched, in case things go south. LOL!

Jim

Jim, if you ever seperated, just let her keep the 40% 'ers LOL! FFD

 

[oracle]

Congrats on the wedding band!

 

[mistergee]

way to go Anthony....still looking for my first gold anything

 

[Scalper]

Awesome Anthony , kudos on scoring some gold , Ed

 

[terryin pa]

I'd bet someone who dumped in the machine had it slip off....who here is in the doghouse? I'm sure the bank will be asked if anyone found it.

 

[jim4silver]

That is an awesome find. The ring is probably not from a currently married person. I dont see how it could just fall off into the machine. Probably got thrown into the coin jar and forgotten about before being brought into the bank. The machines I use dont have trash bins. They just reject what they dont take. The bank people told me there is a magnet to catch stuff too. The couple of times I asked them to check it there was never anything attached. I guess any coin that sticks to the magnet will not be gold or silver anyway.

Jim

I take it you dont have a loose wedding band. I do, and can understand it. My ring has been through a wood chipper, dropped in wet leaves in the rain at night, and been down a storm drain. All this in my first year of marriage too. I can picture shovelling coins in, and having them pull a loose ring off. As for the cup holding magnet finds, I doubt it. I pulled an earplug and a tooth out as well. Definatly not magnetic!

Anthony,

Actually I have never been married so I don't have a wedding band. I saw too much in divorce court to want to go that route. However, now that I am a bit older I may decide to settle down with my current GF. She is a bit younger than me and I always said I was going to have my second wife as my first.

Gotta find a way to keep the PMs as separate property if we get hitched, in case things go south. LOL!

Jim

Jim, if you ever seperated, just let her keep the 40% 'ers LOL! FFD

In my state anything owned prior to marriage that is kept separate in a proper way is not considered marital property and cannot be claimed by the spouse in a divorce. Any coins I would score after marriage could be considered marital. Good idea on keeping the 90s and give her the 40s. LOL!

Jim

 

[Detectingfreak]

very nice job on the gold ring dude!!!